

That paid off.”Īfter clearing her exams, there was no looking back. “I made it a point to study every chapter and ask the most basic questions to everyone around. “I loved reading books and that came handy,” said Tondwalkar. Fortunately, her relatives, friends and colleagues pitched in and got her the study material and helped her clear the class 10 exams with a score of 60 percent. Her biggest hurdle was to get books and study material. They helped her fill the exam forms and even granted her a month’s leave to study.

She approached a few bank officials who were more than willing to support her. Tondwalkar began asking around about how she could finish her class 10 exams. I saw people working at the office and I knew I wanted to be one of them,” she said. Quite unusually, though, working in the bank as a sweeper only spurred her aspirations. The rest of her time was devoted to other small menial jobs, sustaining life in Mumbai and taking care of her son. She worked for two hours in the morning sweeping the branch premises, cleaning the washrooms and dusting the furniture, earning Rs 60-65 a month. That was when Tondwalkar landed a part-time job as a sweeper at the bank. So, I asked the bank to help with a job so that I could survive.” “I knew I had to take up a job but I was not qualified. “At that time, I had to visit the SBI branch to collect the remaining dues of my husband,” Tondwalkar told Moneycontrol.
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